The Pride of the Yankees
US (1942): Biography/Sports/Drama
This is one of the greatest of sports films and a much-lauded portrait of courage. Gary Cooper plays Lou Gehrig, the first baseman for the fabled New York Yankees of the golden age of baseball, who suffered from a crippling and incurable disease that came to bear his name. The film's final scene of his farewell address at Yankee Stadium is a moving valedictory to a storied career. In a famous example of Hollywood photographic magic, to play left-handed Gehrig at bat, right-handed Cooper wore a uniform with the number reversed and ran from home plate to third base. The film was then re-aligned to produce an accurate mirror image. Sam Wood directs a cast that also includes Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea and Elsa Janssen and Ludwig Stössel as Mom and Pop Gehrig. (amctv.com)
11 nominations, 1 Award
· Best Film Editing 1942: Daniel Mandell
· Best Picture 1942: Samuel Goldwyn, producer (Goldwyn, RKO Radio)
· Actor 1942: Gary Cooper
· Actress 1942: Teresa Wright
· Writing (Screenplay) 1942: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling
· Writing (Original Story) 1942: Paul Gallico
· Interior Decoration (Black and White) 1942: Perry Ferguson - Art Direction, Howard Bristol - Set Decoration
· Cinematography (Black and White) 1942: Rudolph Maté
· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1942: Leigh Harline
· Sound Recording 1942: Thomas T. Moulton
· Special Effects 1942: Jack Cosgrove - Photographic, Ray Binger, Thomas T. Moulton - Sound